Montgomery County sheriff’s major’s comments trigger investigation

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is investigating Maj. Scott Landis amid allegations of inappropriate language he allegedly used while talking about a black corrections officer.

A sheriff’s office official said the internal investigation into Landis is “ongoing” and said Sheriff Phil Plummer wouldn’t comment about the allegations or about a recording purported to be Landis talking about a corrections officer who works at the Montgomery County Jail.

Corrections officers Jerrid Campbell and Russell Johnson, who are both black, told this news organization that the discriminatory culture among employees is not completely gone after the racist text message scandal led to the firings of two employees.

Campbell and Johnson both said Landis was recorded during a jail supervisor meeting stating that Campbell should “go back to his thug life.”

Both corrections officers recently consulted with attorney Michael Wright, who said he would not take them as clients until he’d done his own investigation.

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